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Patented Mayl, 1888.

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ALEXANDER B. SHERWOOD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PArSi-:RFiLa SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.331,959Ldated May lI 1888.

Application filed February 23, 1887. Serial No. 228.476. (No model.)

exact description of the same.

My improvement relates to the class of paperfiles to which the deviceset forth in Letters Patent ofthe United States No. 352,664, granted tome November 16, 1886, belongs, and I design my present improvementespecially for use in connection with the aforsaid file.

\ My invention relates particularly to an improvement in the mechanismfor adjusting and firmly holding an arched transfer-wire in positionwith relation to its rigid vertical compamon receiving-wire.

By referring to my aforesaid Letters Patent it will -be seen that eacharched transfer-wire is supported at its lower end on a cylindrical baseconfined in a socket, to permit of its being oscillated back and forthto move the transferwire at its extremityinto and out of alignment withits receiving-wire, and that the maintenance of such alignment dependsfor reliability upon the frictional hold in the socket of thecylindrical base.

.Paper-files involving in their construction movable arched transfer andrigid vertical receiving-wires must, to be satisfactorily operative,depend in their use, in order to permit ready transfer of the paperswhile on the file, upon rmness of position of the transfer-wires whilecoincident with the receiving wires. Therefore, unless provision be madefor insuring the desired rigidity, the device is defective, or, atleast, liable to become so with usc. In the aforesaid patented devicesuch liability is present, for the reason stated-namely, that rigidityof position of the arched transfer-wire with reference to thereceiving-wire depends upon the frictiona'l hold in the socket of therotary cylindrical base. If the latter'become Furthermore, as thenecessity for moving the transferwires in the improved device for whichmy aforesaid Letters Patent were granted occurs but seldom,comparatively speaking, there is nothing objectionable in a constructionof the adjustment of the transferwire that shall render it removable, ifdesired, to permit withdrawal of the accumulated papers in bulk from thefile, and, if removed, require replacing it to adapt the file tocontinued use, since the operation of entirely removing, the transfer-Wire need not be attended with greater difficulty than one of simplymoving or turning it on its axis.

It is my object to provide a simple and effective mechanism for theadjustment of the transfer-Wire, which, while its use permits theremoval from the file of the transfer-wire, insures rigidity of the samein its adj usted position of alignment with the receiving-wire toproduce and maintain the desired permanent space.

To this end my invention consists in the construction hereinafter setforth and claimed. 7 5

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a paper-file Without thebase provided with my improvement; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same,partly in section, supported on the base, which is shown as broken away;Fig. 3, a plan view of my improved adjusting mechanism;lFig. 4, a brokenview in elevation ofa detail; and Figs. 5 and 6, respectively, a planand a broken perspective view showing a modifcation.

Ordinarily paper-les of the present cone struction involve two each ofthe transfer and receiving wires,in pairs,parallel to each other, nearopposite edges of a suitable base; and the device upon which my presentimprovement is shown to be applied is such a one, though, of course, itis equally applicable to a paperfile having only one pair of the wires.

Avis the base, having secured upon it near its upper end a rectangularmetal frame, B, provided at the corners of its lower or forward sidewith sockets r, to hold vertical red ceiving-wires C, and at the cornersof its op posite side with sockets l), provided on their outer sideswith lugs q, having horizontal roo screwthreaded openings to receivethumbscrews E.

Between the sockets r and AD, laterally on the frame B, are sockets p,to receive and hold the vertical rod portions of the punch and gagedevice F, which need not bc described in the present connection, sinceit forms no part of my present invention7 being described and claimed inmy aforesaid Letters Patent.

G G are the arched transferfwires inserted into the sockets D, to extendnormally and be firmly held in alignment at their arched extremitieswith the ends of the receiving-wires C, without, however, having contactwith and thereby forming continuations of the same, but to affordpermanent spaces o, whereby the filing of papers lnay be performedwithout requiring the transfer-wires to be moved for each operation.

As it is the purpose of my improvement to permit fastening ofthctransfer-wires in their sockets by means of set-screws with a degreeof iirmness that will prevent their unintentional displacement whenadjusted with refer ence to the receiving-wires, the lower end of eachtransfer-wire may be provided with a. fiat surface, as shown at s inFig. 4. The transferwire, however, may be fiat in more than one side,or,if desired, be square, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, when the shape of thesocketD internally should correspond.

The set-screws E are preferably in the form of thumb-screws, as shown,and are inserted through the threaded openings provided later ally, asaforesaid, in the sockets D to receive them.

The transferwrircs fit snugly in their sockets in position to coincideat their arched eX- tremities with the receiving-wires, and bytightening the screws E against them they may be firmly secured in suchposition. To permit their removal or displacement for the pur pose ofwithdrawing an accumulation of papers from the file, it is onlynecessary to loosen the screws.

Vhat I claim. as new, and desire lo secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a paper-file, the combinatiomwith the base A and receiving-wire C,of an arched re movable transfer-wire, G, and a. socket, D, to receivethe lower portion of the transfer-wire, and provided with a set-screw,E, substantially as and, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a paper-file, the combination,with the base A and receiving-wireC, of an arched removable transfer-wire, G, flattened toward its lowerend, and a socket, D, to receive the lower portion of the transfer-wire,and provided with a set-serew, E, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

3. In a paper file, the comhinatiomwith the base A and a receiving-wire,C, of an arched removable transfer-wire, G, square toward its lower end,and a socket, D, correspondinginternally with the shape of the squareportion of the transfer-wire, and provided with a setscrew, E,subslantiallyas and for the purpose Set forth.

4. In a paper-file, thecombination,with the base A and receiving-wire C,of an arched removable transfer-wire, G, and a socket, D, to receive thelower portion of the transfer-wire, and provided with a lateral lug, q,having a screw-threaded opening containingasetscrew, E, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

ALEXANDER B. SHERVOOD.

In presence of- J. W. DYRENFORTH, C. W. SHERwooD.

